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Heat and Thermodynamics - A Historical Perspective (Hardcover)
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Heat and Thermodynamics - A Historical Perspective (Hardcover)
Series: Greenwood Guides to Great Ideas in Science
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Heat and energy form the backbone of modern physics, but the ideas
are not intuitive for most students beginning their study of
physics. Instructors spend much valuable time in the classroom and
lab explaining such concepts as entropy, thermodynamics, and the
conservation of energy. But, as educators know, such ideas can
become clearer if students learn how the scientists who developed
these concepts came to their discoveries through experimentation
and observation. This volume in the Greenwood Guide to Great Ideas
in Science series provides a historical perspective to heat and
thermodynamics, providing readers with an accessible introduction
to the people whose work led to our profound understanding of the
nature of the universe. Originally stimulated by the invention of
the steam engine during the Industrial Revolution, thermodynamics
developed into a universally applicable and powerful scientific
theory. Heat and Thermodynamics shows readers how the powerful
ideas of energy and heat were developed by scientists over the
centuries: BLExplores the history of the ideas of what heat was
from the ancient element of "Fire" through the notion of heat as an
indestructible fluid -- "caloric" -- of the 18th century.
BLExplains the revolutionary experiments of Sadi Carnot, James
Joule, and others as they develop the early theories of
thermodynamics BLDiscusses great scientists such as Lord Kelvin,
and their theories that helped formalize the new ideas of heat and
energy Heat and Thermodynamics includes illustrations, a
bibliography, timeline, and glossary for students who wish to
research the subject in more detail.
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